This Week: NM State looks to
snap its four-game losing streak as the team continues on the road on Saturday,
Jan. 26, against Denver. The game can be heard on the Aggie Sports Network and
KSNM AM570 in Las Cruces with Jay Sanderson making the call. The Aggies are 9-9
overall with a 3-5 record in conference play going into the week.

Tickets: Tickets are $6 for
Adults and as always, kids 12 and under are FREE. A group rate of $4 is
available. Call the NM State ticket office at 575-646-1420.

Over the Airwaves: The Aggie Sports
Network is producing 15 games on KSNM AM 570 this season, along with any
contests in the post season with Jay Sanderson giving the play-by-play. Each of
the Aggies road games along with those home games not aired on AggieVision will
be available through KSNM. All games aired on radio are produced by the Aggie
Sports Network on KSNM AM 570 in Las Cruces. The broadcasts can also be heard
from anywhere around the world on the Internet by logging onto
www.NMStateSports.com. Just click on the live events link to access the
coverage for a fee.

Aggies on TV: Eight games are
scheduled to air on television this season on AggieVision. The next game
broadcast is the Aggies home game versus WAC foe Texas State on Jan. 31, from
the Pan American Center. Fans can also go to www.AggieVision.TV for channel
listings.

Live Stats on the Web: Live stats will be
available for fans at www.NMStateSports.com at no cost for the entire season.
Fans can click on the Live Events link at the top of the NMStateSports.com home
page to access the live stats. Live stats for away games may direct fans to the
opposing team's athletics page.

Getting Social: Get all the updates
of Aggie Athletics on Twitter and Facebook. Get in-game statistics and in-game
updates on Twitter @NMStateAggies. Find out about all Aggie Athletics
promotions and events on Facebook (NMSU Athletics and The Aggie
Student-Athlete).

THE
LOOKS

Looking Ahead: After a tough road
stretch the Aggies look to gain traction at home versus Texas State on Jan. 31
and UTSA Feb. 2, after losing their last two games in the Pan Am. Both games
will be televised on AggieVision and streamed live on ESPN3.

Looking Back: The Aggies went 0-2
on the weekend with a heartbreaking loss at the buzzer to Utah State after
leading 63-62 in the final seconds. The team attempted to bounce back at San
Jose State on Saturday, but came up short with a 51-50 loss.

AGGIE
COUNTRY

About the Aggies: NM State continues
WAC play with a 9-9 overall record and 3-5 in league play. Going into the
weekend with three straight losses, the Aggies are looking for a comeback in San
Jose, Calif. on Jan. 19. NM State holds the third-best winning percentage
(.529) in the conference, after winning three straight early in WAC play. The
Aggies held their longest win streak of the season around Thanksgiving when
they won four in-a-row at home and had not lost more than two consecutive games
this season until dropping four straight as of late. NM State is averaging 58.2
points a game with a .345 team shooting percentage. Senior transfer Stefanie
Gilbreath leads the Aggies with 15.9 points per game, while fellow senior
Kelsie Rozendaal is averaging 6.9 rebounds a game, good for first on the team.
. Rozendaal still manages to average 8.5 points per game and Gilbreath has
scored at least 15 points in every conference game this season to bring her league
average to 19.4 per game. Starting 14 games this season, Rozendaal leads the
team with a .495 shooting percentage through her 15 games played. Sasha Weber
is on top for the freshmen this season with nine points per game. She is
shooting best on the team from three-point range with .379 percent.

In the WAC: The Aggies went on
a three game winning streak on the second week of WAC play before dropping four
straight including two at home, giving the team a 3-5 record. Gilbreath leads
the Aggies with 18.6 points per game, while Williamson is on top with 30
assists this season. The Aggies have not lost a conference game by a margin
larger than six points.

Small Margins: The Aggies have lost
the last four WAC games by a combined 15 points.

Last Second Bummer: The last two WAC
games (Utah State and SJSU) were decided by two and one point, respectively.

Road to Las Vegas: With three weeks of
WAC play complete, the Aggies hold the\ second highest overall winning
percentage (.563) in the conference with a 9-8 record. Sitting in the seventh
in the league, NM State is even with Denver with a 3-4 record. Seattle U is the
outright leader in the WAC thus far with a perfect 5-0 record and LA Tech sits
second with a 4-2 conference record. The Aggies are one of three teams in the
conference with a winning overall record.

Big D in LC: Aggie defense proves
to be the game changer this season as NM State ranks second in the WAC for
scoring defense with an average of 59.8 percent.

Leading the Pack: Gilbreath is the
third leading scorer in the conference with WAC games. She is averaging 19.4
points per game, only topped by SJSU's Ta'Rea Cunningan (22.7) and Texas
State's Diamond Ford (22.2). Gilbreath is also second during league play with
10 blocked shots, she is only bested by Riana Byrd of SJSU.

Home-Court Comfort: The Aggies are 6-4
in the Pan American Center this season. Prior to the Dec. 18 loss to Rio Grande
Rival New Mexico, the Aggies boasted a perfect record at home. During the
2011-12 season, five of NM State's six wins came at the Pan Am.

Weekly Standouts

Stefanie Gilbreath: Gilbreath had a
standout week with 24 rebounds and an average of 19.0 points on a 35.9 field
goal percentage despite two losses for the Aggies. The senior worked for a
career high 25 points on Thursday evening against Utah State while gathering
nine rebounds with three blocks and three assists. She turned around two days
later to pick up her third double-double of the season with a career best 15
rebounds and 13 points. Gilbreath had another three blocks on the day against
SJSU as well. Gilbreath now sits on an 18.6 point average in conference play by
scoring in the double digits in each WAC game this season.

Kelsie Rozendaal: Playing just one
game this week for NM State, Rozendaal worked for the third double-double this
season with 10 points and 10 rebounds in the tough loss to SJSU on Saturday,
Jan. 19. The senior had a team-high six offensive rebounds in the game in her
24 minutes played. Rozendaal moves her reason average to 7.1 rebounds a game,
while still managing 8.6 points per game this season.

Double Doubles: Seniors Kelsie
Rozendaal and Stefanie Gilbreath as well as freshman Sasha Weber have collected
double-doubles this season in three games this season.

Gilbreath: 15 pts, 10 reb; UTA, 12/29

Gilbreath: 21 pts, 11 reb; Idaho,
1/12

Gilbreath: 13 pts, 11 reb; at SJSU
1/19

Rozendaal: 22
pts, 11 reb; Loyola Marymount, 11/12

Rozendaal: 11
pts, 11 reb; at Texas State, 1/5

Weber: 11 pts, 10
reb; at Texas State, 1/5

It's a Three-Point Game: The Aggies have
started eight games with a three pointer this season.

vs. George Mason
W, 55-52 (D. Williamson)

vs. UC Irvine W,
50-44 (Sasha Weber)

vs. UTEP W,
69-68 (Sasha Weber)

at Southern Utah
W, 70-68 (S. Gilbreath)

vs. UT Arlington L, 62-59 (Abby
Scott)

vs. LA Tech W, 71-67 (Abby Scott)

at UTSA W, 69-52 (Abby Scott)

at Texas State W, 61-58 (S.
Gilbreath)

at Utah State L, 65-63 (Sasha Weber)

THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS

About Denver: Averaging 65.6 points
per game, the Pioneers of Denver sit at a 3-5 conference record, and are just
8-11 overall. The team won four of five before going on a four-game losing
streak. Two of their four recent losses
came in very close fashion, losing 67-68 to the SJSU Spartans and 66-69 to
Seattle U. Stand out Morgan Van
Riper-Rose is averaging 13.6 ppg, over five more points than the second leading
scorer at 8.4 ppg. Van Riper-Rose leads the team in almost every statistical
category. As the Pioneers look to get back on a winning track, they will need
the consistent play of Van Riper-Rose and improve as a team from the field.

Series History versus the Pioneers: The NM State Aggies
are 5-5 all-time against the Denver Pioneers.
This is the first year Denver is a part of the WAC. The most recent contest was played in 2005
when the Aggies convincingly beat the Pioneers 55-42. The team revisits the Aggies eight years later
trying to improve their all-time record to 6-5, but more importantly trying to
regain momentum and stay competitive in conference play.

Trakh-ing Down No. 300: Coach Trakh picked
up his 300th career win as a Division I head coach on Saturday, Dec. 1, against
Southern Utah. The Aggies pulled off a last minute 70-68 defeat over the
Thunderbirds, helping Trakh to earn the milestone victory. Trakh holds a
304-220 career record.

Rivalry Rundown

UNM: The Lobos swept the
Rio Grande Rivalry Series this season with a 60-37 win over the Aggies at The
Pit on Nov. 20 and a 60-44 victory in Las Cruces on Dec. 18. In game one, the
Aggies had trouble making shots, but kept the stats similar to the Lobos. The
Aggies collected 44 rebounds on the evening with six assists and two blocks.
The Lobos were quite similar to NM State with 43 boards, but tallied 16 assists
on the evening. Game two finished in similar fashion with the Lobos claiming a
60-44 victory over NM State at the Pan Am on Dec. 18. The loss at home marked
the first of the 2012-13 season. Sasha Weber led the Aggies with 10 points and
three rebounds on the evening. The Aggies shot 30.4 percent from the floor but
tallied eight steals as a team with 27 rebounds. Those stats were not enough to
hold off the Lobos who finished the game shooting 47.5 percent from the field
and picking up 42 rebounds on the night.

UTEP: NM State took game
one of the Battle of I-10 rivalry series with a late game battle to a 69-68 win
over the Miners. UTEP maintained the lead throughout most of the game, gaining
as much as a 15 point lead in the first half, but Stefanie Gilbreath finished
her first Battle of I-10 game with a stellar 22 points to collect a
regular-season career high. She went 5-for-8 on three pointers and picking up
eight rebounds to match her career-high. Sophomore Danesia Williamson also picked
up a career-high with 23 points on the game with a solid 10-of-12 at the line.
Game two was set to a different tune with the Miners running away early with
the 66- 44 win over NM State in El Paso. The Aggies struggled on offense,
scoring just 14 points in the first half of play. The second half was a bit
more positive as Williamson collected 13 points in the half with two field
goals and one three pointer. She was 6-for- 6 at the line with four rebounds.
Jasmine Rutledge finished the game with 11 points on the evening and compiled
nine points at the line to mark a new career best for the junior.

Tournament Champs: The New Mexico
State Aggies claimed the Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic tournament
title with a stellar 50-44 win over UC Irvine on Saturday evening at the Pan
American Center. The previous night, the Aggies claimed a 55-52 win over the
Patriots of George Mason. With the 2-0 record on the tournament, NM State's
Kelsie Rozendaal and Sasha Weber were named to the All-Tournament team. Rozendaal
was also selected tournament MVP for her work on the hardwood.

Trakh Signs Five to NLI: Head coach Mark
Trakh announces that five high school players have signed National Letters of
Intent to join the Aggies in the fall of 2013. Trakh is in his second season
with NM State and has led the Aggies to a 1-0 start to the 2012-13 season.
Joining the Aggies in 2013 are Tamera Williams of Centennial High School (Las
Vegas, Nev.), Brianna Freeman of Harker Heights High School (Killeen, Texas),
Vanessa Garner of Archbishop Mitty High School (Milpitas, Calif.), Moriah Mack
of Reagan High School (San Antonio, Texas), and Brandee Walton of St. Mary's
High School (Phoenix, Az.)

Last Season: Under the helm of
first-year head coach, Mark Trakh, the Aggies finished the 2011-12 season with
a 6-24 overall season record. This left NM State with a 3-11 Western Athletic
Conference record. The Aggies made an appearance at the WAC Championships at
the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. (3/7). The Aggies were seeded eighth in
the tournament but were quickly booted out by No. 1 66-58 State. Senior guard
Tabitha Wampler was the most recent Aggie to join the 1,000 Point Club with a
career 1,254 points (2008-12). She joins former teammates Danisha Corbett and
Madison Spence along with Aggie great Anita Maxwell (2,601) and Andrea Kabwasa
(1,788). Another highlight for the Aggies in 2011-12 was coach Trakh coaching
his 500th game of his career as a Division I head coach. In his 17th year on
the sidelines, the floor general notched the milestone against Hawai'i in Las
Cruces Feb. 16.

Historical Season:

-- The 2012-13 season marks the 40th
season of Aggie women's basketball. The first season was 1973-74.

-- This season also marks 25 years
since the Aggies last NCAA tournament appearance. The 1987-88 team was the last
in program history to receive an NCAA berth.

Potential Milestone: With 12 total wins
this season, NM State will make its 600th victory in program history. With the
current 9-9 record, the Aggies sit at 596-533 all-time.